Lions 105SC - Convention 2022

12th March 2022

District Almoner - PDG Ron Twining

March 2021

Lion Leslie Peter Read, Jersey Lions Club

Lion Merve Skidmore, Havant Lions Club

April 2021  

Lion John Ormiston, Meon Valley Lions Club

May 2021

Lion Ian Bowie, Highworth & District Lions Club

June 2021

Lion Gorden Cox, Blandford & District Lions Club

Lion Chris Poulton, Poole Lions Club

Lion Michael Downer, Newport Isle of Wight Lions Club

July 2021  

No deaths reported

August 2021

No deaths reported

September  2021

Lion Ian Forster, Henly on Thames Lions Club

October 2021

No deaths reported

November 2021

No deaths reported

December 2021

Lion Neil Walter Bray, Yateley & District Lions Club

January 2022

Lion Eric Nixon, Fareham Lions Club

Lion Tony Moxey, Westbury Lions Club

February 2022

No deaths reported

March 2022

No deaths reported at time of making this report on 1^st March 2022

DG Team

DG Brian Donovan 

1.1 Decisions Required of Cabinet:

None at present

1.2 Justification for Decisions:

N/A

1.3 Objectives for the Year:

To support our District in achieving its four principal Goals:

a)To promote Service and to encourage an increase in the number of clubs reporting

b)To promote club and membership growth and improve retention

c)To promote Leadership training, to encourage Lions to attend training provided, or step up and share their skills with others

d)To promote our own Lions Foundation LCIF, by demonstrating how this extends our service and so encouraging anyone to donate to our collective causes.

“Through Service We Grow”

1.4 Progress against Objectives:

Service Reporting: 

we have had a slight improvement, there are now 31 out of 56 clubs reporting service. I do understand that there is a frustration with the reporting system and we as a cabinet should support those that ask for help in getting back into reporting.

One issue that I do know is the level of data requested, for a given event (as the form does change dynamically depending on what is being reported) a club reporting officer (not necessarily the Club Secretary) may be asked the date of the event, number of Lions or volunteers, number of total hours, people served, or cash raised or donated. 

Of the non-reporting clubs 19 have not reported in the last two years and one club has never reported to the website.

Membership: 

Member stats (as of 5 March on Insights) stand at 1143 members, with membership drops since July being 86 and gains being 75 making a net loss of 11.

We need to rally round all clubs to see what help they need with membership drives, often it is key for clubs to support each other form within their Zone and wider, we should all be prepared to help each other.

Training:

Can Zone Chairs check that new Lions have had suitable Lions orientation, and promote the training course organised by Mike Baker. Now is a good time to identify those Lions that would benefit from attending the MD Symposium, Regional Lions Learning Institutes and Advanced Lions Learning Institutes.

As there are 25 clubs that are not currently reporting service, then it is clear that some form of orientation on the MyLion platform is needed.

Cumulative donations to LCIF:

In LY22 is currently $22,810, with a cumulative total of $186,973 since Campaign 100 began, with six recorded Model Clubs.

DG’s Note: As we meet for Cabinet in March, this will be the first face to face Cabinet in such a long time. We will be meeting under very different circumstances that 2-years ago, in the ‘post-covid’ world with a war raging in Europe, so we should reflect on what Lion DG Olesya and PDG Lion Valentin are going through, as these Ukrainian Lions work with Lions in the surrounding Country’s to support refugees

1VDG Dave Ebsworth

1st Vice District Governor David Ebsworth - Report

Since having the privilege of being elected to the post of 1st VDG, I have been learning what is expected of me and understanding what the role entails, attending training both MD and international (via zoom). 

It has been an interesting experience, sitting on various committee’s e.g. Finance & Global Action Team (GAT).  My role includes visiting clubs which has become easier as we slowly come out of the global pandemic.  I been lucky to  have visited 19 clubs so far this year club in person and two of them on zoom, I have been made extremely welcomed and they have been interesting meetings.  The clubs were open and honest with their comments and views and I have taken them on board there comments and I look forward to attending the remaining club meetings in whatever form they might take. 

During this year I have been able to support clubs such as Highworth Lions Club with their membership drive and together with the Global membership team we are supporting three clubs on the run up to their own membership drives.

The one thing I take away from this year is the dedication and amount of time given by Lions of this district to serve our community. Annie and I have again enjoyed meeting up with Lions who are old friends and attending charters or other social events.  Let’s hope this continues now and we don’t go into anymore lock downs.

I have remained an active member of my own club (Reading), where we are still organising food collections for local foodbank charities, held charity auctions and we were able to do our Santa float for December.

I have enjoyed being able to assist DG Brian, working together as a team on different committees.  

I look forward to working with you all during the remaining days of this Lionistic year.

2VDG - Lion David Taylor

At the time of writing it is not long since our Cabinet invited me to step into the vacant 2nd Vice District Governor position with a view to becoming District Governor for the second time in 2023. I had resisted earlier invitations as my firm belief is that we have several Lions in our midst that are capable of fulfilling the position; however, whether it be through personal circumstances, lack of training or confidence, none were available to stand.  I was, therefore, honoured to be asked and look forward to serving again.

In the short time since that appointment I have had several meetings with 1st VDG Dave Ebsworth to discuss the priorities of the time ahead so that we can develop a 2-year plan to give my successor some stability to work on.  Obviously recruitment and retention must be one priority, but we also see the need to improve our leadership training to help all Club and District officers. 

Those who remember my last year of office will know I believe strongly in one principle: The Club is at the forefront of the Lions organisation and at the top of the organisation tree - it is for District and Multiple District to help and support those Clubs, not dictate what they do.  That is why the position of Zone Chair is by far the most important role in Lions because it is through you that Clubs can relay problems and seek advice, making our Cabinet strong by discussing our mutual problems - and therefore solutions - together.

District Admin Team

Constitution, nominations and resolutions, PDG John Goodchild

Progress since last Convention of 105SC: 

1. 1.1.  My predecessor, PDG Lion David Taylor, circulated the Convention Call and Call for Nominations, Resolutions and Invitations to all Clubs and Cabinet members on 28th October 2021, with a request that these be submitted to myself, as having taken over the role of CNRO, as a result of his appointment as Second Vice District

Governor 

2. 1.2.  At the close of the period for receipt by me of Nominations, Resolutions and Invitations to be considered at the District Convention in March 2022, I can report that:

- One nomination had been received for the post of DG, 105SC, 2022-2023

- One nomination had been received for the post of First VDG, 105SC, 2022-2023 

- That the above nominations are valid and comply with LCI requirements

- No nominations had been received for the post of Second VDG, 105SC, 2022-2023. Nominations from the 

floor of Convention can therefore be considered and I am advised that there will be at least one such 

nomination.

- Three resolutions in the name of the District Cabinet from the District Treasurer/Finance Committee, as detailed in the appendix to this report. These were duly circulated to Clubs and I can report that at the closing date for receipt of amendments to the resolutions, no such amendments were received.

- One invitation to host Convention 2023, that being from the current Convention Chairman to hold the Convention at the Royal Beach Hotel, Southsea. This invitation will need to be ratified by Convention. 

- No invitations to host Convention 2024 had been received. Invitations from the floor of Convention can therefore be considered 

Other Relevant Matters: The resolutions for debate are attached to this report as Appendix 1, the CVs of candidates for the posts of District Governor, First Vice District Governor and Second Vice District Governor for the 2022-2023 Lionistic Year and which have so far been received, are also attached to this report. 

GDPR Steve Spencer 

1.1. Decisions Required of Cabinet:

None

1.2. Justification for Decisions:

N/a

1.3. Objectives for the Year:

To advise clubs as necessary, in co-ordination with the MD officer

1.4. Progress against Objectives:

The last two months to the date of this report (24/22/22) have been quiet, with no enquiries from members.

An outstanding query from the ICO regarding a “data protection concern” raised with the ICO regarding this District’s data practices has been resolved. After several months with no response from the ICO, they finally responded today to advise that the matter is closed as they have had no evidence about the supposed breach from the complainant. I have advised the MD officer.

The MD officer is issuing an email to clubs via District Secretaries, advising them strongly that they should register with the ICO, and I plan to follow that up with clubs in the District.

District Secretary Report to District Convention 2022 – PCC Lion Peter Burnett

Well, another strange year to be District Secretary!! Thank you DG Brian for persuading me to remain in post for another year.

Once again, the most important part of my report is to thank Lion Tom Sayers & his partner Juliet Browne for all their help this year. Most Cabinet officers have now got used to sending their reports to the dedicated reports email address from which Tom & Juliet collate them and publish them online for Cabinet. This saved me an awful lot of time sorting and sending reports and put the onus onto the officers to look for the reports rather than have them sent to them.

The majority of meetings have once again been on zoom so my job as District Secretary taking the minutes has been quite easy. I pride myself on getting the minutes published within 30 minutes of a meeting ending!! I am not promising that this will occur with the Convention minutes as they are a bit more complex and I go away immediately after convention for two weeks.

Thank you to all of Cabinet for their support and efficient reporting during the year. Likewise thank you to the overwhelming majority of clubs who reported their Delegates for both this convention and the MD one on time. It seems that there was a certain amount of resistance to reporting online for this convention but I’m afraid that this is here to stay. Next year let’s try and get 100% of clubs reporting on time and using the online link.

Finally can I remind clubs that as soon as they appoint their new officers for the 2021-22 year they will need reporting on myLCI. Can you also please let me know your officers so that I can keep my spreadsheet up to date.

Convention 2023 - PDG Patrick Hamblin

1.1 Objectives for the Year: 

To chair the 2022 105SC Convention Committee.

1.2 Progress against Objectives:

The Convention Committee has held a number of Zoom meetings and had a very busy time since the last Cabinet meeting. Arrangements for the Convention are going well, thanks to a team effort, despite many difficulties initially due to the changing Covid requirements. In addition to the normal Convention business an interesting programme of presentations has been arranged, together with entertainment on both Friday and Saturday evenings.

1.3 Other relevant matters:

For the third year I am privileged to have been asked to chair the 2023 Convention for the District. This is to be on the 3rd to 5th March 2023. I am fortunate to have the majority of this year’s team agreeing to be on the Convention Committee for the 2023 event. In 2023 we are returning to the coast and the event is to be held at The Royal Beach Hotel, Southsea. An interesting weekend is being planned, with the Friday night theme being "Cops & Robbers". Details of costs will be made available shortly.

GMT - PDG Jarvis MacDonald